02926nam 2200661Ia 450 991077778120332120230617000409.00-19-983950-61-280-83339-40-19-803046-01-4294-6183-7(CKB)1000000000471573(EBL)422601(OCoLC)476258268(SSID)ssj0000155908(PQKBManifestationID)11147278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155908(PQKBWorkID)10114914(PQKB)10468167(MiAaPQ)EBC422601(Au-PeEL)EBL422601(CaPaEBR)ebr10266565(CaONFJC)MIL83339(EXLCZ)99100000000047157320020624d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFlat broke with children[electronic resource] women in the age of welfare reform /Sharon HaysOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (301 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517601-4 0-19-513288-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Money and Morality; Chapter 2 Enforcing the Work Ethic; Chapter 3 Promoting Family Values; Chapter 4 Fear, Hope, and Resignation in the Welfare Office; Chapter 5 Pyramids of Inequality; Chapter 6 Invisibility and Inclusion; Chapter 7 Cultures of Poverty; Chapter 8 The ""Success"" of Welfare Reform; Notes; References; IndexHailed as a great success, welfare reform resulted in a dramatic decline in the welfare rolls--from 4.4 million families in 1996 to 2.1 million in 2001. But what does this ""success"" look like to the welfare mothers and welfare caseworkers who experienced it? In Flat Broke, With Children, Sharon Hays tells us the story of welfare reform from inside the welfare office and inside the lives of welfare mothers, describing the challenges that welfare recipients face in managing their work, their families, and the rules and regulations of welfare reform. Welfare reform, experienced on the ground, iPublic welfareUnited StatesWelfare recipientsUnited StatesPoor womenUnited StatesMothersUnited StatesLow-income single mothersUnited StatesPublic welfareWelfare recipientsPoor womenMothersLow-income single mothers362.83920973Hays Sharon1956-1536804MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777781203321Flat broke with children3785732UNINA